Snare drum



Feb. 20, 1923.

W. H. BALDWIN ET AL SNARE DRUM Fi 1 ed Feb 27 1922 r 4/ a w m anus" rmatto ney) Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. BALDWIN AND CHARLES nfrmtmiui, 0F seemmmmrsocm.

SNARE DRUM.

Application filed February 2v, 1922; serial K03 539595.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that we, WILLIAM -H. BALp- WIN and CHARLES 'l. 'PLUMMER,-citizens of the United States of America,andresidents, respectively, ofDuluth, county of Sty-Louis, and State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvement in Snare Drums, of which thefollowing is a full and clear specification.

The object of this invention is not only to provide simple means fortightening the snares individually so that they may all be tensionedalike, but also to enable-the snares to be released in a body when it isdesired to mullle the drum, as more 'fully" herein after set forth.

In the drawing--- i I Fig. 1 is a partial sectional and perspective viewshowing the form of'our appliance which we prefer;

Pi 2 is a detail crossesecti'on through rrosshead 12 and its support; I

Fig.- 3 is a face view showing the detail of member used for individualsnare adjustment;

Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line of Fig. 3, showing the application ofthe snare holdertothedrum.

Referring to the drawing annexed by refcreme-characters, 5 designatesthe head of the drum, 6 the usual eylindri'cal body of the drum, 7 theusual bead at the 'end of the cylindrical body, around which head thesnares S are bent. At one end, the snares are attached to a. plate 9which, midway its length, is provided with a threaded opening to enableit to have threaded engagement with :1 depending screw 10 having amilled thumbhead 11 at its upper end, this milled head resting upon across-head 12 whose cylindrical ends 13 have hearings in a air ofbrackets 14 rigidly projecting from t e side of the drum. By operatingthe screw 10 through the thumb-piece 11, it will be seen that the snaresmay he tensioned as a whole, and, in order, that the snare-s may bereleased as a whole, the bearing-pins 13 of the cross-head .12 arespecially mounted in the brackets 14. The brackets are )rovided witharcuate slots 15 which extend downwardly and outwardly and are abruptlyturned inwardl at their upper ends to provide upwar ly-iacing shoulders16 and also inwardly at their lower ends to provideoutwerdly-and-downwardly'facing shoulders 17. With this construction, itwill be observed that when the pins 13*are at the upper endsof theslots,

they will rest upon the upwardly-and-outwardly=facingf shoulders 16 andthus be supportedand held down againstsaid shoulders by thetension'on'the snares; When, howeverz it is desired t'o"relea;se the "snares tonluflle-the drum. the cr0ss-head 12 is thrown out into the main parts ofthe'slots, whereupon the tension on the: snares 'pulls thecross-headdownwardly until the pins 13 rest in the lower-'ends'oftheslots, being pulled inwardly'against th'e shoulders17 by the tension onthe snares, When the snares are again to be ti htened,thecross-'head maybe readily pulle up in theslots untilthe pins 13 again rest onthe*shonlders 16." In this'waygWe'provid a ver y si'mplennd quickmethod] ofreleasing i and tightenin'g the snares as a whole. Itwvill beobserved that the'cross-head'12"is*provided with sh'oulders "18" which"a re' adapted to"- contact with the inner facesof the brailiket's '14td'th1 1s keep the eres head centrally positionedr At the opposite sideOf the fduum; we provide" a speclal arrangement; for anchoringtheindividual 'snares in order that they mayeach"be'teiisipnefl'jnd'ependently "of "all the V other snares. As a eonve'nientway of doing this, we provide" a block 19 rigidly .Eastened to theexterior-tithe 'mainfiwall'offthe drum aiidptpvid'e said blockjavitli-tjrto rows of-vertical holes; the holes drone-raw beingstaggeredwith reference to the holes in the other row. Up through these holes,the individual snares are inserted, and each is held in its adjustedposition by means of an individual set-screw 20 tapped into the outerface of the block 19, the set-screws being also arranged in two rows,one above the other, the set-screws of one row being staggered Withreference to the screws in the other row. lVith this construction, eachindividual snare may be pulled to the desired tension, this being doneby hand, and, when the desired tension is obtained, it may be madepermanent by tightening the set-screw. It often happens that certainindividual snares, being a little loose, will sing and thus interferewith the pure tones of the drum; with our device, each snare' may beindependently adjusted without reference to the tension of any othersnare, and consequently we are able to maintain at all times the entireseries of snares in proper condition to roduce the purest tones.

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i. In a snare drum having a body aml sngres, means for supporting thesnares. means fnr tsnsioning as well as releasing the snares in a. body,embodying: a bar connected to all the snares. asorew for adjusting saiilbar, aprgss-hearl supporting said screw, and buckets supponting saidcross-head. suid brackets having each an :ircuate slot extend ingdownwardly and outwardly, and adapted to slidingly'holtl the ends ofsaid crosshezrd, egch pf said slots bein; provided with anupwardly-facing shoulder at its upper owl and also with anoutu'urilly-anil-tlou'nu'n 1'.ll \;'-1;i cing shoulder at, its loweri-nil.

In testimony whereof we hereunto :iflix our signatures this 20th day ofFebruaizy. 1 922.

